Siphon and starting device therefor.



W. F. ST UART.

SIPHON AND STARTING DEVICE THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEILG 1,083

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

ATTURNEYS WITNESSES f s'rATEs PAIENT oi'eriiiiciaj,l A

,WILLIAM F. sTUANm-,or GARDEN cI'I'Y, KANSAS, AssIeNon oF ONE-HALF To nouns r. e STUART, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

sIrHoNAND STARTING Device mnnnron.

'11,983,238- v Speciation 0f Letters Patent. Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

. Application met December e, i912. serial-No. 735,236.

ATo allgtoma'tmay concermv andQ (seeFigs. 1 and 5*) and into these l Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. STUART, wells I place pipes 3. The pipes .3 are conv 'a citizenof the United States, and a resinectedat their tops with a lateral pipe 4, ldent'of Garden City,in the vcounty of Finwhich in turn is connected with the main ney andV State of Kansas, have made certain' ASiphon pipe 5. At 6 in the main siphon pipe 60 new and useful Improvements in Siphons I have shown a device for shutting off or' and' .Starting Devices Therefor, of which admittin air. Thisv is best illustrated:v in the following is a specification. Fig. 2 of thedrawin s. It consists of an f My invention relatesto improvements in .extension 5x of the p1pe 5 to which is se'- siphons and starting devices therefor, and curely bolted a hemispherical dome 6a hav- .65 it consists in the combinations, construcing slots 6b. lSurrounding the hemispheritions, and' arrangements herein described cal dome is an outer dome 6d having slots and claimed. 6e arranged to register with the slots l6b in Y An object of my invention is 'to provide the inner dome 6a. YThe outer domel 6d is a simple means for starting-a Siphon which `threaded to engage threads on the inner 70 is-used for irrigation or handling water for 4 dome and may be rotated, so as to bring any purpose where conditions are right so the slots 6e and 6b into alinement, thus adthatthe water may flow continuously withmitting air.` When these slots are not in out a further application of power. alinement the air isshutl ofi". The Siphon A further object of my invention is to extends down beneath the level of the water 15 provide simple means for checking the iow shown-at X-Y and the lowerv end of the of the siphon at will. Siphon terminates 'in a concrete supportr 7X A further object of my invention is to which forms in factthe wall of a receiving provide a simple device for starting the iow tank 7. The siphonpipe 5 is provided with which ma beremoved from orvapplied to a valve 8 and the pipe terminates in the 80 the end 0 the Siphon. female member 9 of a union. VThe opposite Other` objects and advantages will appear Wall of the receptacle or tank 7 forms a lin the .following specification, and the `novel support for the means for starting the features of the device will be particularlyy Siphon. This comprises a cylinder 10 carpointed out inthe' appended claims. ried bythe wall 7. A piston'll is disposed 85 My invention `is illustrated in the accom- 1n the cylinder and is provided with a valve panying drawingsforming .part of this ap` 12. .The piston'is connected by means ofv plication in whichthe rod 13, cross head 14v and pitman 15,

Figure 1 is a sectional-view through the Withthe drive wheel 16 which is located on device, Fig. 2 lis a` section along the line a base 17 disposed on the concrete floor 18. 90 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a section alongthe 'The cylinder 10 communicates, by means of line 3 3 of Fig. Q, Fig. 4 is a plan view a pipe 17, wlth a pipe 18, a check valve 19 showing a plurality of wells and pipes being interposed between the pipes 17 and therefor, and Fig. 5 is a'modifiedform of 18. The pipe 18 is provided with'an outer pipe-3 having telescopic sections. Y telescopic member 20, which is threaded at 95 The device which forms the subject of its end to engage the member 9 and is prothe present application is primarily devided with handles 21 for rotating the pipe signed for use in sections 'in which there is sectlon 20 so as to secure the latter into the ga source of water supply'from which the member 9.,

land gradually inclines to a region which From the foregoing description of the vae 104;` would be fertile-with sufficient water. This rious parts of the device the operation there-- condition obtains largely in certain sect-ions of may be readily understood. A of the country. Some of these' cultivable -As previously stated the wells 1 and 2 are tracts are situated a considerable distance sunk kin the source of supply'. Obviously from the water source, and could be conthere' maybe any number of these wells. 105

veniently watered from the source by means The valve 6 i s turned so as to shutv off the of siphons. The difficulty lies in starting Aentrance o f air from the' pipe 5 The tele` the Siphon. sco ic section 2O of the pipe 18 is connected In carrying out m invention, I sink a wit the member 9 in the manner described number of wells, suc as that shown at 1 and the drive wheel 16 1s set 4going 1n any 110 suitable manner as by a belt 22. The reciprocation of the piston 11 will cause the air to be pumped out of the pipe 5, the water risin to take its place. As soon as there is a su cient head of water to start the siphon flowing the valve S may be closed. The telescopic member may be unscrewed from the member 9 and moved back inbO the position shown in Fig. 1. Now when the valve 8 is opened the water has free access to the tank 7 and will continue to flow steadily into thevlatter as long as there is any water in the wells, or until the level X-Y of the water is lowered to that of the discharge end of the Siphon. It will be seen vthat the flow will continue automatically without any further attention on the part of the operator. Now if it is desired to cut o the flow, the only thing necessary is to turn the valve 6, so as to admit air. This will break the siphonic action and the flow of water from the pipe 5 will therefore be checked. In order to start up thetsiphonic action again the air valve 6 must -be closed and the apparatus must be a ain connected up as described for starting t e initial flow. But unless it is desired to drain the pipe the water can be controlled at will by simply opening and closing the valve 8. The valves 12 and' 19 serve to permit the air to be forced out through the open end of the cylinder. On the inward stroke of the piston the valve 12 opens, while on its outward stroke the valve 12 closes and the check valve 19l opens.

In Fig. 5 I'have shown a modified form of the device which is used for open surface wells. This consists of a fixed inner pipe 3x and a slidable outer pipe 3y. Between the end of the inner pipe 3x and theouter pipe 3y is a resilient gasket 32 of any ,suitable A material such as leather. At the end of, the

pipe 3' vis a strainer 3t which prevents the 4the longarm of the Siphon.

entrance of sticks or other matter .which might clog up the pipe. At 23 I have shown a gear wheel which is mounted on a shaft 24, bearing a drum 25. A chain 26 is wound around the drum and is connected at 27 to one end lof the' pipe 3y. A gear 2-8 is arranged to engage the gear 23 and is provided with a crank handle 29. By turning the handle29` the telescopic pipe 3y may be raised or lowered to any distance therefore being adjustable for wells of various depths.

I claim:

1. The combination with receptacle, siphon being arranged to empty into said receptacle, a cut-0E valve carried by the long arm of the Siphon, said cut-off valve being disposed in the wallof the receptacle, a pump carried bythe opposite wall of the receptacle, telescopic means for connecting said pump with the end of said Siphon, and a valve carried by said Siphon above the levelof the fluid for breaking the flow of the Siphon. 4

2. The combination with a siphon, ofa receptacle, the end of the long arm of the siphon being arranged to empty into the receptacle and being provided with a union member, a cut-olf valve carried by the long arm of the Siphon,

opposite wall of the receptacle, a pipe exa Siphon, of a tending from the pump toward said union member, and` a shdab e sleevecarried by said pipe and provided with aunionmember arranged to engage said rst named union member for connecting the pump with WILLIAM F. STUART.

Witnesses:

JOHN I. Lace, WILLIAM I-I. Boo'rn.

the end of the long arm of they a pump carried by theA 

